General Education--Gen Ed--is a dreaded term to nearly every college student, and likely college professors as well.
Both groups would undoubtedly rather be in classes where students actually care about the material being taught, but universities continually require a base of classes in multiple ar...

Dormitory life is a keystone of the American college experience. You head off to school and sign up for classes and then spend a full year (sometimes more) in a room where you can often touch the other bed from your own. It’s an odd way to live, and often fraught with conflict. By the ...

You’re in college to learn, but the number of learning styles out there are close to the amount of programs you can study and learn from. Two of the more commonly talked about learning styles are memorization and comprehension. You can probably–just by a glance–tell how they differ. You might also think that comprehension is ...

One of our absolute favorite apps here at HackCollege is Microsoft’s OneNote. It’s flown below the radar for over a decade, but the Office team is dusting it off and now prepared to send it out into the world to fend for itself as a standalone app. Not only is OneNote now a standalone app, ...

The Internet has changed a lot since the dawn of Facebook; what was once intrinsically “private” is now intrinsically “public.” The stories once shared with just college students on Facebook are now seen by our administrators and professors, law enforcement agencies, strangers, and potential employers. Related: How to Professionalize Your Facebook Profile While the partying side ...

Moving to college is disruptive. The context of your life changes in an instant, and your old friendships take on different roles. You make new friends and find new interests. And, if you begin college knowing no one, you face the very real possibility that you’ll have to face eating lunch alone. Cultivate friendships early ...

College websites and student affairs professionals are always giving students advice on how they can improve their grades, get more involved, and so on. But how practical and useful is that advice? Is “study more” or “use better time management” really going to help you get through four (or more) years of higher education? Probably ...